Tarek Hamed ( ar, طارق حامد; born 24 October 1988) is an Egyptian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Saudi Professional League The Saudi Pro League (SPL for short) ( ar, دوري المحترفين السعودي, link=no, ''Dawriyy al-Muḥtarifayni as-Suʿūdī''), known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL for short) for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of associat ...

club

Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad (Arabic language, Arabic: الاتحاد "The Union"), sometimes transliterated as Al-Etihad or Al-Ettihad may refer to: Sports Football Libya *Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli), a football club based in Bab Ben Gashier *Al Ittihad Gheryan, a f ...

and the Egyptian national team.

Club career

Smouha

After signing for

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, Hamed was a key player under the management of

Hamada Sedki Mohamed Yahia Sedki, known as Hamada Sedki ( ar, حمادة صدقي; born 25 August 1961) is an Egyptian footballer. He played as a central defender for Al Ahly from 1986 to 1993, winning 25 international caps. Currently, he is a football manage ...

. He succeeded in being a runner-up in both the Egyptian Premier League and Egypt Cup.

Zamalek

In 2014, Hamed signed for Zamalek where he became a key player, winning ten national and continental competitions.

Al-Ittihad

On 24 July 2022, Hamed joined Saudi Arabian club

on a two-year deal.

CAF Awards

Hamed was nominated for the

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in 2017 and 2019 and ended up as one of the three finalists at the 2019

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for best African-based player.

International career

Hamed has been capped regularly by the national team, gaining his first cap against

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. He started all six of Egypt's matches at the

2017 Africa Cup of Nations The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2017 or CAN 2017), known as the Total 2017 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football champions ...

, in which Egypt won the silver medal. He also played in all four of Egypt's matches at the

2019 Africa Cup of Nations The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2019 or CAN 2019), known as the Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championshi ...

. In May 2018, he was named in Egypt’s preliminary

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for the

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, where he eventually started all three of Egypt's matches.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Zamalek *

Egyptian Premier League The Egyptian Premier League ( ar, الدوري المصري الممتاز), also known as WE Egyptian Premier League (WE EPL) after the addition of title sponsor WE, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the top level of t ...

: 2014–15,

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, 2021-22 * Egypt Cup:

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

Egyptian Super Cup The Egyptian Super Cup is Egyptian football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Egyptian Premier League season and the holders of the Egypt Cup. If the Egyptian Premier League champions also won the Egypt Cup then the ...

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...

: 2018–19 *

CAF Super Cup The CAF Super Cup (also known as African Super Cup or for sponsorship reasons TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup) is an annual African association football competition contested between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation ...

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup The Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup was a competition organised by the Saudi and Egyptian football federations, between the league and cup champions from each federation. The cup winners from each federation participated in the President el-Sisi's Cup Winn ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamed, Tarek 1988 births Living people Egyptian footballers Egypt international footballers Association football midfielders Smouha SC players Tala'ea El Gaish SC players Zamalek SC players Ittihad FC players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players Egyptian Premier League players Saudi Professional League players Sportspeople from Cairo 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Egyptian expatriate footballers Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia